#FFECB1#FFECB1

#FFECB1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.078 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECB1
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 177)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(45, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 30.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.64, -2.12, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.64, 31.07, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.0032 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.078 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(79.1722, 84.4274, 53.7120)
Luminance	0.8442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECB1 #B1C4FF

analogous

#FFC5B1 #FFECB1 #EBFFB1

triadic

#FFECB1 #B1FFEC #ECB1FF

tetradic

#FFECB1 #B1FFC5 #B1C4FF #FFB1EB

square

#FFECB1 #B1FFC5 #B1C4FF #FFB1EB

split-complementary

#FFECB1 #B1EBFF #C5B1FF

monochromatic

#FFCE37 #FFDD74 #FFECB1 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFECB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.88

#FFECB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECB1

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECB1	1.00	1.17	17.88	17.88
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEFB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffecb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.078 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c8',
    500: '#ffecb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffecb1;
$custom-light: #fff2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffecb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94445,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECB1

secondary

#6F8CE6

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECB1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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